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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
THE PRESIDENTS JoURSEY

The details of the three weeks journey of
President and Mrs Cleveland have been
arranged. They will be accompanied by
no officials, the other members of the party
being the Presidents private secretary, Col.
Lamont, and two personal friends of the
President, Wilson s. Bissel! of Buffalo, N.
Y, his former law partner, and Joseph d..
Bryant of New York, who was a member of
his military staff while governor. The fol-
lowing is the itinerary OF the journey;
Leave Washington by Pennsylvania rail
road Friday, September 30, at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Indianapolis Saturday, Oct. l, at
II a. IN. Leave at p. m. Arrive at Terre
Haute at 5:3O p IN. Leave at 6:l5 p. N.
Arrive at st. Louis Saturday, Oct /, at II
Alton railroad Tuesday, Oct 4, at IL p. m.
Arrive at Chicago Wednesday, Oct. 3, at
9 a. m. Leave by the Chicago a. Northwest
ern railroad Thursday, Oct. q, at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Madison at | p. m. Leave by
Chicago, Milwaukee a. St Paul railroad
Monday, Oct. 10, at 9 a. m. Arrive at st.
Paul at 80 p. m. Leave Tuesday, Oct. IL,
at l2 noon. Arrive at Minneapolis at l p.
IN. Leave by Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneap-
oils a. Omaha railroad at 5 p. m. Arrive at
Omaha Wednesday, Oct, II, at II a. m.
Leave by the Chicago, Burlington a. Quincy
at D: ) p. IN. Leave at 5:45 p. m. Arrive
at Kansas City at 3:l5 p. M. Leave by the
Kansas City, Fort Scot & Gulf railroad
Thursday, Oct. -, at II p. m. Arrive at
Memphis Friday, Oct. IA, at up. m. Leave
by the Louisville q Nashville railroad Sat
urday, Oct. -, at ! p. IN. Arrive Mt Nash
willie at II p. IN. Leave by Nashville Chat
arooga q ST. Louis and Western Atlantic
railroads Monday, Oct. Il, at II a. m. Ar
rive at Atlanta at II p. m. Leave Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, at II O'Clock midnight. Arrive
at Montgomery Thursday, Oct. 20, at a.
m. Leave by the Kennesaw a. Western
North Carolina routes at | p. m. Reach
Washington Saturday, Oct. %, at 8 a. m.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

President Cleveland's Western and
Southern journey will occupy some22 DAYS
and Will cost him as much as $4,000. The
journey might be in six days, but there
will be stOppages tor brief periods at many
cities where the party will not alight, and
it may be assumed that the president will
be required to make at least fifty speeches
of greater or less length. He has engaged
"a special train for the entire distance, con
sisting Of an engine, a baggage and supply
car and two palace cars. The train will
convey him for about 800 miles, in stages
divided as follows: Washington to Balti-
more, AZ miles; Baltimore TO Harrisburg,
IS miles; Harrisburg to Pittsl urg, 24S
miles; Pittsburg to Indianapolis 1891 miles
Indianapolis to st. Louis, 2i0 miles; st.
Louis TO Chicago, 2S2 miles; Chicago TO
Milwaukee, IS miles; Milwaukee to Madison,
- miles; Madison TO st, Paul, 21O miles
st Paul TO Minneapolis 10 miles; Mime
apolis to Omaha, $50 miles; Omaha to Kan
sas City, 1877 miles; Kansas City to Memphis,
4S7 m les; Memphis to Nashville, 230 miles
| Nashville to Atlanta, 29l miles; Atlanta
10 Montgomery, l15 miles; Montgomery to
Morristown, 3SS miles; Morristown to
SALISBURY, 233 miles; Salisbury to Danville,
| % miles; Danville TO Washington. 233 miles
Salisbury to Danvile, % miles; Danville to
Washington, 233 miles. Total, ABS miles.
The old clock, which is the sole
piece of furniture that was in the public
rooms of the White house in Lincoln's time,
has been restored to its place on Col. La.
mont's mantel piece This clock, which
/ formerly STOOD where it does now, was re-
| five years ago, on account of his taking a
/ particular fancy to it.
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that the rumors of the presidency of
the B. a. o., having been offered TO and or
having zen sCught by Mr.. King, were un-
qualifiedly false
United States Senator Mcpherson, of
New Jersey, will not be a candidate for re-
nomination if, TO do so, means heated
contest.
Fire at Dandy, Que, destroyed over
loo houses and the railway station. As far
as heard no lives were lost.
At ISew York, Judge Brown fined
Henry George for not answering summons
to appear as juror.
Rev. j. A. Copeland, of Rochester,
N Y, has be-n converted to the George
theory.
Henry Brewster, the noted carriage
manufacturer Of New York, died, aged 63.
Cardinal Gibbons is about to make
an extended Western trip.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

The failure of Congressman Mac
Donald to get an officer detailed from the
army for the Minnesota State University
was owing to the miserable law under
which such details are made. There are
forty officers on duty in state institutions.
The secretary OF war appOrtions them &C
cordlng to population. Thus New York
has FIVE, Pennsylvania and Ohio four each,
and so on down the list. Minnesota is con
sOlidated with Nebraska, and one officer
detailed for two states This is rank in
justice, but il il law. Judge Macdonald
says that be will see to it that the law
COMFORTS with equity in this matter, or
ascertain the reason why, during the
coBlng session of congress. The people
and the regents should not blame the war
department. Like all other executive de-
partments the war department is merely a
figure head of servants, for the purpose of
carrying out the will of the people, rs ex-
pressed by their national law makers. Be
the law never so bad an, executive depart
ment must execute it and cannot change
it.
An instance of criminal carelessness
took place two or three miles from Tyler,
Mimi, which viii undoubtedly result in the
death of James Miller, q boy aged fifteen
years. Miller and another young man
named Most Peters were hunting mink with
reTOlyers and Miller shot one. Before
starting 70 pick up the mink be handed his
revolver TO Peters The boys were standing
several rods apart when Peters asked Miller
how he would like TO be sho. as be had shot
the mink. and Miller told him TO shoot ali
be wanted TO; there was nothing il. Peters
fired. the ball entering Miller's left lung and
lodging IN his backbone. He was brought
to Tyler and placed under the care of DIR.
Cox. and in terrible agony begged his grief
stricken parents 10 shoot him and end his
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

THE Chicago newspapers possess the
dash and enterprise characteristic OF
the town. and the readers of their
newsv columns seldom know the details
Of the enterprise eNertei in their be
half. At the time of the CLatsworth
disaster two or three of the papers
chartered special trains and sent their
reporters and >tenographers TO the
scene. and the description furnished by
the Times was one of the most noticeable
since Horace Whites description of
the great lire. he then being the mana
ger Of the Tribune The other day
when the decision in the Anarchist ;
ease was rendered ut Ottawa. the long
document 1.-TWO newspaper pages, or
more) was taken down by short hand.
When the last words lift the Clerk :
lips. the reporters rushed 10 the special
trains that were to bear them to Chica-
go. eighty-four miles away. The Trib-
uue's train got four minutes start ahead
of its rival. the Times, and made the
run in two hours and three minutes
being ut the end Of the journey twenty
i've minutes ahead Of the second special.
Thus the important and long looked
for document was served 10 the public
in the briefest possible time.
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A true story, properly tellable, thu
Listener insists, even though it has {
word in it which has 10 be dashed, be
cause it has moral.
Jack B, age 5, and precocious
was Inadvertently allowed during re
cent sojourn in the country. to PLAY
with some very bad boys in the village
his mother being ignorant of the face
that carefully watched city small boy,
really have to go into the country tC
learn wiekedness. Jack managed ia
pick up a word which begins with big,
big ID, and which heproceeded cautious
" to exploit among people who he
thought would not tell / s father about
it. His father, as he 5 aware, be-
lieved in the practice of Corporal punish
ment in grave cases. The offense, how
ever, came to the ears of the father.
who, at the fEst opportunity called Jack
upstairs and prepared to administer a
severe whipping.
20, papa, papa," the boy exclaimed,
''who told you / said-?''
well, little bird told me" said the
father, for want of better answer. 1t
was base and foolish lie, and thereby
hangs the moral,
After the whipping was over, and
the father had gone, and poor Jack had
recovered his voice, he asked his moth
er plaintively:
Mamma, what bird do you suppose
could have told papa that l said--?"
II don't know, Jack"
Jack pondered a minute.
"Hum?" he exclaimed, setting his
teeth together suddenly, Il know what
kind of bird it was -
'.Well?"
lit was one of those-English
sparrows.
Having been told where the moral
comes in, the reader may apply il hiln-
self.-Boston Transcript,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
THE OLD WORLD

The primary agreements with refer
ence to the projected tunnel through th'
Simplon mountain has been signed. The
Swiss and Italian governments g Ich con
tribute l5,0O00O0 francs.
The British ship New City, from
Bombay TO Havre, collided with the Danisl
brig Cecile mot a steamer, as before re
ported, from Salina Cruise. The brig die
not sink, but was tOwed to Falmouth
Eighteen of the persons aboard wer'
drowned.
The Trafalgar, the largest ironclaC
ever constructed has been successfully
launched at Portsmouth, England The
Trafalgar is of II $40 tons and $4,000 horse
power. She is to carry twelve guns, foul
of sixty-seFen tons and eight of forty
hundred weight. Her side armor is twenty
inches thick,
A son of NJ. Schnaebeles, the French
commissary who was arrested at Pagny
sur Moselle last April. has been arrested and
imprisoned by the German authorities fol
crossing the frontier, near Cheminot and
affixing reasonable placard bearing the
tricolor of France upon tree by the road
side Young Schnaebeles is sixteen years
old.
Editor OB'rien, tried at Mitchell
stown, Ireland, under the Irish crimes act
was convicted and sentenced to months
Imprisonment. An appeal was taken and
he was released on bail and proceeded to
Dublin. Two Others jointly indicted with
O'Brien were also convicted and sentenced
to months imprisonment, but on appeal
were released on bail.
Mr.. Gladstone, in letters which he
has written to the Glasgow Liberals, says
he trusts the country will quickly condemn
the governments incident approval of the
acts of the Mitchellstown police, which they
have given without awaiting the result OF
the inquiry. The Liberal leader hopes that
the peoples condemnation will discourage
the repetition of such a proceeding, which
the governments action was eminently cal
culated to promote.
Dr. Mackenzie is at Milan inquiring
as TO a suitable health resort for Crown
Prince Frederick William, OF Germany
Toblach having become too cold. A Berlin
correspondent of the Medical News com
mentS on the annoyance felt by the German
doctors because of their being ignored since
the Crown Princes visit to Scotland. The
German physicians, the writer says, aver
that DR.. MCKENZIE is far too sanguine re-
garding the Princes condition.
Mr.. Kilbride, the gentleman who
accompanied Mr.. William O'Brien to
Canada in his tour against the Marquis of
Lansdowne for the cruelty with which the
evictions on the latter's Luggacurran
estates were conducted last April, has been
elected without opposition to represent
South Kerry in the house of commons Mr..
Kilbride was the Marquis of Lansdowne' S
principal tenant, paying s., 500 per annum
for a farm valued by the government APP
pralsers at but s., 100, and the emergency
men who executed the eviction broke into
the Kilbride house through the doors and
windows and threw the furniture out so
violently that nearly all of it was broken to
pieces.
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one. But he thought he would have a
joke with his wife about it, so when he
reached home he handed it to her saw
ing:
There is the picture of man VINO
loves you
She looked at it; and deep blush
Overspread her face as she said:
lit is like Jim. Where did You see
him?"
He would give good deal TO know
now who Jim is.
THE TEXAS WONDER.
Tezas man-"Things are moving
along very smoothly in Texas. We had
hard fight over prohibition, though. y
Omaha man-"Prohibition?
YES; didn't you hear about it?''
mo; haven't had time to half read
the papers for MONTH
'Yes; we beat the Prohibitionists out
of their bOots!n
That's remarkable, very remark
able!''
THAT we should beat?r
mo, that the question should have
| come up at all. "
A CLEVER SCHEME.
James" said the grocer to his clerk
"a new family has moved into the va
cant fiat across the way, and l want
their trade"
Yes, sir
$50 if they ask if that maple sugar i.
this YEARS., tell 'em No.
A SOLUTION.
What browning meant, the maiden fair
| Besought OF me in wild despair,
As. seated in a grassy nook,
We pondered DER the mystic book
| To find the secret hidden there.
O'erhead the squirrel debonair
| Made merry in their leafy lair,
| Enjoying life. No thought they took
What Browning meant
| And seemed to say, ''You foolish pair,
Be wise, and mystery forswear;
Be gay as Doris with her crook,
| And Corydon." Then did / look
| Up TO her eyes, and ceased to care
| What Browning meant.
-EDITOR's DRAWER, in Harpers's Magazine
for October.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

THE tree planted by Mrs. Cleveland
on the grounds Of George Washington
ChildS, at Wootton. was an oak. This
ceremony of tree planting is one that
has frequently before been observed at
WoottOu when its visitors have been
distinguished The lawn Is marked
here and there with trees. whose roots
have been covered by the hands of
Christine Nilsson. Lady Fannie Sinclair
daughter of the Earl of Caithness).
Nellie Grant Sartoris. Mrs. Goodwin
smith. the Misses DreNel. General
Grant. Henry Irving. the Hon. Robert
=. Winthrop. Chauncey NJ. Depew, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Thomas Hughes.
(..Tom Brown at Oxford''). the Rev.
Or. McCosh. Archdeacon Farrar. Julius
;. Morgan.o of London, Sir John Rose and
Goodwin Smith
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

CLARENCE LAME. of East Aurora.
n. u, and Miss Louise Bedemare, a
school teacher Of Elma. who Were mar
ried Thursday at the East Aurora fair.
received presents that fill small shed,
and consist of all most an entire out
fit Of household furniture and utensils.
the wedding dress Of the bride, and the
suit Of clothes in which the groom APP
peared, hay enough to keep their horse
all winter. a cellar full of potatoes. and
upward of hundred cakes of laundry
soap. besides enough silverware TO re-
stock the store of the bridegroom. The
young man says that there IS little
difference between marriage before a
gaping crowd in a church and the
same ceremony in front Of stand at a
fair
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

TIE Paris census for 1856, which
has lust been issued, shows an excess
Of births over deaths Of $3.50. against
$1,000 in 1855. divorces granted in
1856 numbered 2,9i9. against 4.277 in
1885.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

WALL street continues to worry that
any money in the United States IS lock-
eel mp and not within the reach of
SPECTATORS. They seem to think that
it the dutv Of the treasury of the Nation
20 keep one eve on Wall street. and re-
pl.nish its vaults whenever the money
kings organize raid. The best way
70 reform Wall street Is to let it 90 on
a bust whenever It wants TO.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

PREPARATIONS are being for the
third international exhibition Of fine
arts 10 be held next summer at Munich,
under the patronage of the Prince Re
gent of Bavaria. Mr. Robert KOehler,
an American artist, has been chosen to
come to this country to tender artists
here an invitation to participate in the
exhibition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

IL reply to paper that makes an ar
gumcut against hanging the anarchists,
the keokuk Qowa) Gate City says;
Yes, it i pretty disagreeable TO hang
those fellows. and great deal worse
not To do II
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

The artillerymen at Hilsa, India, on
being ordered TO prepare to move
abroad, raised riot. and after wreck
inga suffers shop went about smashing
windows, spreading terror among the
inhabitants. During the melee many
soldiers and citizens were seriously
injured Twenty artillerymen have
been arrested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

THE Rev. Frank c. HaddOck, son of
the temperance martyr. was recently
made an active member of the Des
Moines Conference Of the Methodist
Church. He was formerly ordained in
the Congregational ministry and sub
se4uently began the practice of law.
The tragedy at Sioux CITY caused him
IL return to the ministry with a new
conservation to the cause in which his
father sacrificed his life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
MERRINIENT.


Forth from dreamland, slowly, softly,
Comes spirit, kind, this way,
See, the mountains veil their faces,
Downing crowns of pearly gray.
Calmly now the beauteous summer
Lays her perfumed mantle by,
There are silken, downy tassels
Where were flowers but yesterday.
o. the months have each a mission,
Each its loving work to do,
But none renders holier service
Than September grave and true.
Albany Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

The Chinese sailors ut Portsmouth
are cutting out the British tars in the
affections Of the local nurses and wait
ing-maids- They are not 50 large. but
their manners are more engaging.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

Az exchange says "A man does not
really amount to anything until he has
married a nice girl" 1t is the great
misfortune of a good many mice girls
that men don't really amount to any
thing afterward. The girl who mar
ries drinking, wild oats man ex-
pectinS to reform him afterward gcner-
ally regents i'm sorrow and tears.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

IT IS not true that Colonel Fred
Grant was a partner in the firm of
Ward 4 Grant. but his confidence in
the firm caused him to lose all his mon
ey. lis father and brother. L. 5.
Grant. Jr.. were Wards unfortunate
partners. Colonel Grant is recognized
by all parties as a man of stern integ-
ritv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

a BIRMINGHAM gun firm. in order to
obviate the difficulty in sighting small
guns IN the dark, have introduced small
diamonds in both sights.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

ANOTHER great trial of nihilists is
abOEt to be commenced at St. Peters
burg The prisoners include fifteen
officers of all ranks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
CARFFuL MAN.

Col. WitheEspoon of Austin died last
December. His case was hopeless from
the first. Calling his physician to his
bedside one day he whispered:
doctor, can't you arrange so that
can slide out quietly before Christmas?"
"Why SOP"
''You see, doctor, can save lot of
money by not having to buy presents
for Tom, Dick, and Harry
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
SETTLED DOWN.

mo one ever thought" remarked
GilllybOat, pensively. ''that Bill Julep
would settle down to a quiet, humdrum
life. He was The widest and most
dangerous character in the entire
neighborhood, a drunkard and a gam
bier, but all at once he settled down and
has now quit all his evil habits forever. "
'Did he experience religion?"
''Well, no. not exactly. He Went n
the penitentiary for life.
SHE WAS DESPERATE.
He what had you rather see a
friend of yours-me, for instance
great General, an eloquent preacher, a
leading editor, or perhaps mighty po-
litical leader2
She (who has wasted the sumIher ON
him IL think | had rather you were
an ear of that hght-colored. sharp
pointed corn that we saw this morn
ing at the grocer's.
He-Great Scott! and why?
She-That kind of corn will pop,
you know.
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NOT AFRAID.

Little boy" said country minis
ter, who was on his way to church.
what do you suppose your father
would say if he should find you here
fishing on the Sabbath day?"
He'd ask me wot luck was hav-
in" replied the boy.
NO GREAT Loss.
Regular customer disposed to be
facetious)-'' guess you viii have to
trust me for the paper until tomorrow. y
Clerk-..O, that's all right. SIR
Customer-"But suppose was to
be killed between now and tomorrow"
Clerk-'Well, the loss would not be
much, sir. Philadelphia News.
NOT MUCHoF A JOKE AFTER ALL.
He had his photograph taken one
day when he was at the beach with the
boys. 1t was not a good picture, for he
was not in condition for taking a good
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

do you know" said a dignifed-
looking man, THAT l never tasted
whiskey?" mo" was the reply; Il
know lots of fellers that gulp it down
quick that way. but somehow l could
always git more enjoyment out of it by
lettin' it 90 slow. unless it's clear pizen. .
Washington Critic.
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IN THE CRIMINAL COURT.

Judge, to an old offender-''Why did
you scale the window of this building?"
Prisoner-'sThere was a newspaper
pasted on the window, which was
fractured, and climed up there to read
story printed on 1t"
"Yes. but why did you burst in the
Window"
ITO read the continuation of the
story on the inside, your Honor. -
French Fun.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-05
BUT ONE BEFORE TEN YEAR
IMPORTED CARR I
WRAPS.

Black Velvet, with Jet Trim mings,
satin lined, made by l.. llentenaar
Paris, down from $3.50 TO SI5.
Black Silk Brocadc Velvet, Chenille
Trimmings, down from Sl35 TO $40.
Black Velvet Brocade, bcade, pass
ementc-;e, made by l.. Hentenaar,
Paris, down from $3.50 TO $40.
Black Velvet Brocade, Chenille Trim
mings, made by Sara Magyar, Paris,
down from Sl65 10 SIS.
Black silk Frieze, Chenille Trim
mines, made by Caclard, Paris, reduced
from 1928 10 $50
Black Velvet Brocade, trimmed with
Marquis Lace, down from $50 10 $50,
Silk lined. made by Sara Magyar. Paris.
Black Silk and Velvet, Prize Chenille
and Jet Trimmings, silk lined. down
from sl0to $50; made by J.. HeHtenaar,
Paris.
Black Velvet Brocade, jet Trimmings.
SILK lined, down from 500 to slb0 made,
by l.. Hentenaar, Paris.
Black Diagonal, Brocade Back, Che,
mile Trimmings, silk lined, down from
SIS to S25, made by Emile Pingat IParis.
Black Silk Diagonal, Block Raised
Plush Figure, silk lined, I1ade by
Emile fingat, Paris, down from $500
TO $40.